Spring-mattress support.



PATENTED JULY 31,1906Q No. 827,345. a v J. M; BLOOHBR.

SPRING MATTRESS SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1906.

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SPRING-M TT ESS SUPPORT},

Specification of ,Letters Ifatentl iBatented..Jiixly 31,l906.

Application filed August 22.1905. Serial No. 275,298.

i T on whom it m/00y concern:

Be it known that I,JONAH M. BLOOHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Williams Bay, in'the county ofWalworth and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spring-Mattress Supports, of which the following is a specifica,

. 5 with bedsteads of varying widths; one in which the base will be firmly but detachably sustained in place, and one wherein the aux-' iliary supporting-s rings may be quickly and conveniently attac ed in position upon said i 2 base.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a vertical longitudinal section through a bedstead equipped with a mattress-siipporting device embodying the invention. ig. 2 is a detail top plan view of the base portion. Fig.

3 5 3 is a detail view, partly in section, showing the manner of connecting the base portion with the mattress. Fig. 4 is an elevation of one of the supportin -springs.

- Referring to the rawings, '1 designates a bedstead having side rails 2 and equipped with a spring-mattress 3, the frame of which includes longitudinal side bars 4 and trans verse end bars 5,, to which latter the spring fabric is attached, these parts being all of the 4 5 usual or any approved construction and mate rial and adapted to perform their ordinary functions. I

Disposed at the center of the bedstead at a point beneath and suitably remote from the mattress 3 is a supporting member or base 6,

' provided at its ends with openings or seats 7, designed to receive engaging members or hangers 8, composed of strap metal and provided at their upper ends with angularlybent engaging portions or hooks 9, designed to seat over the upper edges of the framebars 4 andat their lower-endswith angularlydisposed engagingportions or -hooks 10, j adapted for engagement -with cross-pieces:or

cleats 11, attached :to the lo-wer face ofthe "base member 6 at points adjacent the openings 7. The member 6 is composedof a pair of relatively movable sections 12, formed to provide overlapping interengaging parallel arms 13 arrange in pairs, the pair of arms on each section being connected at their outer ends by a connecting element or strap 14, se-

cured by screws or other suitable fasteningdevices, these straps constituting stops for limiting the outer or extended movement of the sections and for preventing accidental disengagement of the sections 12.

Sustained upon the base member 6 are auxiliary supporting-springs 15, the lower coils of which terminate in vertically-disposed sharpened engaging portions 16, adapted to be driven into the material of the base 6 for securing the springs in position thereon, it being noted that the springs terminate at their upper ends in fiat coils 17, which bear beneath the center of the mattress 3 and resent a smooth surface for the reception 0 the latter.

In practice the base-plate 6 is secured in osition by engaging the portions 9 of the liangers 8 with the side bars 4, the sections 12 being susceptible of relative movement to adapt the base-plate for bedsteads-of varying widths, as will be readily understood. After the base has been arranged in place the springs 15 are fixed thereon by drlving the s arpened terminals 16 into the material of thebase, these springs serving to yieldably sustain the center of the mattress 3 and obviate sagging of the latter between its ends. It may be mentioned that under this construe-- tion while the mattress is properly supported to prevent sagging between its ends the yieldability of the mattress is wholly unimaired and the device rendered highly comfortable in use. I

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character admirably adapt-. ed for the attainment of the ends in view, it

being understood that minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isi 1. In a device of the class described, a base IIO for limiting the outward movement of the latter, cleats attached to the normally lower faces of the sections adjacent the openings, hangers formed for entrance through said openings and having hooked engagin portlons adapted to engage the cleats an suporting-springs sustained by the base menier.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JONAH Ml BLOC/HER. Witnesses:

JEssE MAURER, OLARAA.EBLOCHER. 

